Clip for drawer pulls



Aug 2%, H. G; SPECHT CLIP FOR DRAWER lULLS Filed July 9, 1927 I N V EN TOR. HBRR'Y fi. 5P5 cm? A TTORNES.

Patented 5 if v V i i a Y HARRY G;smear;orlrninrinnn;connection, ssamese rnnnhssrcx coMrA iv; 1

F nnrnenron'r, connncrronr, rt'connonAm ommenc s. i CLIP ron nzmwnnrnms 5 I y v Application filed July 9; 1927'. iSeriaI in; not/ 81 i merits in clips for'drawer pulls ;'and'has.for .the theblankas shown in-Fig. 4.

an object to provide a one, piece sheet metal isan;endgviewgoftheclip; showing 7 clip having an interiorly threaded shank porrel velygthickened cross. sectional shape. y 5 tion and a bail 7 loop portion. Heretofore F Referr ngto the drawings; drawer pull one piece sheet metal clips have'been so coinprisesafwe plate lo'havingarectangular' 50 The present invention relates to improveeverail;"steps y formed that the shank had a seam extendhole 1jl-Ytlierein 'throngh which 'theu lip is i ing its full length, the metal being bent-into adapted jto be inserted, snags bail1'2 ad pt; 1

cylindrical form about theaxis of the shank, ed toibe}piyotallylls ipP rtdJ-by11 11 ljp V I wso that in small diameters, it was prac cylindrical tically impossible-to produce :atrue ,cy -;x lyj' hr g' li shank l3-yadapted tojbe l drical shape, and there wasiavtendency for e gaged ascrewf-ilt and la U-shaped'bail I I the seam to open" upand for the. threads to ,support' g' loop zporti n' 'l5j'connected to ,the i become disalig'ned. 'It is an object ofthe fis llqllk p igniby ,iL T i kpoition 16, thenp- 15 7 resent invention, therefore, to provide a per .po rt i on ofgtheloopbeingj'providd ad j n i one piece sheetmetal clips in which the shank cent theneck portion 6 with shoulders'flat r is so formed as to provide a trnecylindrical each .sidefladapftedflfon abutment. inst th shape and iII'WhiClLthQYBIlS included an unfrontfa ceoftheface platejlO; andprovided broken cylindrical portion adapted'to main at its lowel portion with an inwardly pro- 2 tain'the cylindrical shape and prevent any L1ectmg ,extension lSvand "shoulders '19 at possibility of the shank opening up; It is a Qeach; csldegthereof adapted to gengag'ekh' further objecttoprovide a structure which fr fa 0e o fi theffface 1aic'e,,t11e" x ension. i

maybe formed from relativelythinsheetanditlie neck' 16;vadaptedhto' engage.within metal and in which the shank'portion will be the hole 11 of-Ithe ,face plate. The "loop is substantially reinforced in the process of E11Q p iOViClQd at its lower portion a'djacentl shaping and forming the same. theshoulders l9 with {projectingblugs 20 at" With the above and other objects in View ,eachside, against which the bail is adapted h an embodiment of the invention is shown Jto hangfsolthat it is maintained iin'. ti p by in the accompanyingcdrawings,and this em position a'ndiis prevented from comingintol' bodimentwill be hereinafter more fully decont-act withjthe face plat 'f 1 5 .f scribed with reference thereto, and the in-' "The-sh ink, 'acc jrdi 'gi'to the pr g' tj v 5 vention will be finally pointed out in the tion isprovided at ea ch side with diametriclaim. "jcallyopposed slits orlsearnsQQl eXtending In the drawings: j -v i g O i h inner; extremity thereof to a point Fig. 1' isa front elevation of a convenl p tional type of drawer-pull providediwitha between these slits andthef outer extremity, one piece sheet .metalclip, according to the .beingrelatively thickened and providing a present embodiment of the invention; I continuous unbroken" "circnmferential por' Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof, tion,v The thickening ofthis portion i g p 40 showing the same attached to a drawer panel. est in line with the seams, and gradually de-f s5 Fig; 3 is an enlarged perspective viewof -,.creasesztoward the sides wh-ere the metal rethe clipv ma sisubs n ia yi nt ke dsg h inte- I Egg. 4 is a plan View of the flat sheet metal rior ofthe shank is threaded, as at 22,-forits blank from which the clip is formed. I entirelengthg v 1 a 1 co-1,15; Figs. 5, 6, 7 and 8are side elevations show- I ThG clip;;i s formedfrom aiflatsheet metalpe lsp'aced ffom the outerextremity, the portion V ;is""sd' that*tlierez.isnojidging; and

- 'inin operationwould then "be necessary we than.

' v the shank, and the portion of the blank be tween these notchesadapted to form the conm tinuous unbroken cylindrical portion of the shank; This portion is'adapted to be bent and drawn into shape in a die",'*-the notches being provided for the purpose of permitting l-thedrawn metal to {flow without .ridging, so '15 that in thecomplete'd shank-"thefnotches are :Fairifield and State of Connecti fdayOfJuly, 1 927.

shank including an end portion continuously unbroken circumferentially and a ortion having a pair of diametrically oppose longitudinal seams extending from said unbroken portion to the other end of said shank, the portions of said shank between said seams being unbroken, and a bail loop integral with and extending from one of said unbroken portions between said seams.

Signed at Bridgeport, inthe county of cut, this 1st RRY G. SPEGHT.

closed by the m an flowed into them. 'Fig. 5

illustrates the manner in which the-blank is first shaped in a suitable die to produce the 7 shank, this die bendingfihe ides intoicylin "2o dricalforrn to bringthe seam forming edges fog therand drawingthe intermediate pop tion into' Cup'hflpe,tl1f Tlowof thennetalv dur .thisdrawing"operation-being such-that .the"ekcess.mo es into-andfillsthenotches23 fiferential emos-as "relatively thickened in "theicircum- '7 li rfie withttlieseamsyas ishownin Fig. 9,;the'

. pariah-eraseai taa sO-Sh p aasa mai'ning; @The partial drawing'aridfpartial ibend of "the blank insures a uniformity in length o'f the "sha' 'k; :the fektreinities of the shank' forming por,ti'on of the lilanki'being brought" togetherianiil determinin thedenjgth "'of"'-the? shank, whereas if "the lank were i am falong' 5 its entire'flength, there "would a be .arvariationjin the length-6f the shank corresponding to variations inthe thickness or was saaemrwi the maarmem furthe'r';trim- "con hingjtheilrawin operationto'one v *itively f unbroken-bantl'fgivin-g strength at that'point whereitiis mostrequirefd, and is of'suificient *length' -to 'qnaintain :the' cylindrical gi'shape of I f the shank {and prevent distortion or opening upu'nd'er the"act-ion"of"the attaching'iscrew.

thefblankjhowever, t is portion Inaybe'relac thiokenetlz'and provides "a fCOIltlIlllOllS r -'-l he 'neit step in'th'eprocess consistsin'cuti nally' th iloop "formingf portion of the said exerted and sa tis'factory -*einbdd-iment' off-my T invention,'-sbut it will-be obvious that changes may be made therein within the spirit and scdpe 'thereof, as "de ned intt'he appen'ded I Having thus'defscribe 'd my invention what assistants-ate U shapa-as-shown in Fig.8; FI ha'Ve illustrated andQdeScribed"a'pre- V I y l blainr and des-ire'to seeurby lwetters ffat- H I -ent is A one piece sheet metal clip2"for-"drawer prills a1id the *like, comprising a threaded" 

